Using Jewelers blades for plywood? - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

NRscroller · 09-13-2009, 01:27 PM

Hi
I went to a scroll saw club meeting yesterday and the person sitting next to me said he uses Jewelers blades for thin plywoods. Anyone use these? Do they work?
Thanks
Bill

je_west · 09-13-2009, 02:06 PM

Bill,
I have used them to make postage stamp puzzles. You must reduce blade tension and go slow, but the cut is very smooth.
John

Ocelot · 09-13-2009, 02:27 PM

I have a big pack of them from when I used to make jewellery many years ago with a hand jewelers saw. I once tried them on my saw to cut an emblem in a smal piece of thin brass and it worked pretty well.

The ones I have are TINY though some are 4/0 and they have lots of very fine teeth per inch. Perfect for thin metal, but I can't imagine using them on wood with such fine teeth.

Like John said, reduced tension is a must and I used the slowest speed my saw would go. It was more like a fast hand saw cut at that speed.

Jim McDonald · 09-13-2009, 06:50 PM

Yesterday I expoxied some 1/16" brass to thin plywood to made some ornamentation for a project and then used the jewlers blade to make the final cut. Slow speed worked very well, but I was only cutting 3/8 total thickness.

Haggard3230 · 09-14-2009, 01:27 AM

Yes I have used them even on some hardwood.

09-13-2009, 01:27 PM	#1
NRscroller Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 71	Using Jewelers blades for plywood? Hi I went to a scroll saw club meeting yesterday and the person sitting next to me said he uses Jewelers blades for thin plywoods. Anyone use these? Do they work? Thanks Bill __________________ DEWALT 788 and Hegner 18vs..... AND STILL CUTTIN IT UP!!!!

09-13-2009, 02:27 PM	#3
Ocelot Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NY Posts: 487	I have a big pack of them from when I used to make jewellery many years ago with a hand jewelers saw. I once tried them on my saw to cut an emblem in a smal piece of thin brass and it worked pretty well. The ones I have are TINY though some are 4/0 and they have lots of very fine teeth per inch. Perfect for thin metal, but I can't imagine using them on wood with such fine teeth. Like John said, reduced tension is a must and I used the slowest speed my saw would go. It was more like a fast hand saw cut at that speed. __________________ http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t=bdee7145.pbw

09-13-2009, 06:50 PM	#4
Jim McDonald Workin' for the Weekend Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the Other Side of the Monitor Posts: 946 Blog Entries: 6	Yesterday I expoxied some 1/16" brass to thin plywood to made some ornamentation for a project and then used the jewlers blade to make the final cut. Slow speed worked very well, but I was only cutting 3/8 total thickness. __________________ Jim Exuberance can be corrected; dullness is incurable. --E. Deters "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

09-14-2009, 01:27 AM	#5
Haggard3230 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverton, KS on Route 66 Posts: 2,714	Yes I have used them even on some hardwood. __________________ Merle SSG US Army Retired. merlehobbs@yahoo.com

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09-13-2009, 02:06 PM	#2
je_west Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 22	Bill, I have used them to make postage stamp puzzles. You must reduce blade tension and go slow, but the cut is very smooth. John